MAGYAR AMERICAN: HUNGARIAN URBARIUM 1767 : 18th CENTURY HUNGARIANS LOVED TO PARTY? Genealogy Tip #10

Saturday, July 8, 2017

HUNGARIAN URBARIUM 1767 : 18th CENTURY HUNGARIANS LOVED TO PARTY? Genealogy Tip #10

Please read updates as of June 2019. These posts are popular and have been edited to include more information for genealogy and family history writers.

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The love of life, passion, is a characteristic of the Hungarians, a stereotype perhaps, like so many other stereotypes a bit true. Despite the religiously informed and driven life of so many Hungarians during this era, along with hard work came celebrations.

Let's again look at ROOT words and words that may appear on the portions of the Urbarium that you focus on, for we know that even if we don't find our ancestors, we are learning a lot about the lifestyle of Hungarians of the mid to late 18th century. These words continue to be used today.

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BOR - wine
BOROSUVEG - wine bottle
BOROPINCE - wine cellar
BOROSZOLO - wine grape
SZOLOSGAZDA - wine/grape grower/farmer
GAZDA - husband/farm/farmer (note that the farm and provider are considered masculine)
GAZDA EMBER - husband man (a little closer to animal husbandry)
GAZDASAGI - farm buildings
TANYAHAZ - farm house (note that the house and housework are considered feminine)
HAZ - house
HAZY - "of" house such as EZSTERHAZY "of the house of ESZTER"
FONTOSEMBER - important man (today, important person)
MAGUS - big
MAGUS EMBER - big man (important man - though it can mean his size)
MESTER EMBER - master craftsman (far from being an apprentice. He knows his stuff!)
HELY - place
closely related to BOR - wine, is the word BAR. Are we surprised?
BARABAS - apricot or peach (both used to make spirits)

Vintage Apricot Brandy Advertisement
BARHELY - is a gin mill, bistro, or nightclub place (ie. place to drink and party)
since the making of wine, gin, or other drinks is best with spring water you might find
BEC - spring (not the season) on the map
and since grapes like foggy mornings perhaps you might see the word
KOMORAN - gloomy in a place name, or the grapes might be grown near a...
FOLY - river...
Don't drink too much or you could end up seeing...
CSILLAG
- stars, celestial bodies, or a white blaze, *even
CSILLAG ALAKU - the radiant light!

1907 Advertisement for TOKAJI wine.
So if you see a place name that has the BOR root word in it, chances are it's known for grapes or wine making.
The wine route made it through market towns.
Consider GONC/GONCZ which translates to "hustle-bustle" (see the carts with big Gonc Barrels of wine on carts going this way and that in your mind's eye) or simply "busy!"
CSARDAS - dance
CSARDA - tavern or way house (implies a couple rooms to stay overnight. You don't want to drink and drive your carriage or ride your horse.)
AUTOSCSARDA - a road house (implies you got their by AUTO so a new word for tourists!)
*Keeping to the pictorial images of the Hungarian language this word also means STAR ANISE, the spice ANISE which comes from China or Asia which has been known to be used in making spirits.

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